cuff

¹cuff

noun \ˈkəf\

Definition of CUFF

1

: something (as a part of a sleeve or glove) encircling the wrist

2

: the turned-back hem of a trouser leg

3

a : handcuff —usually used in plural

b : a usually wide metal band worn as a bracelet

4

: an inflatable band that is wrapped around an extremity to control the flow of blood through the part when recording blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer

— cuff·less \ˈkəf-ləs\ adjective

— off the cuff

: without preparation : ad lib <speaking off the cuff>

— on the cuff

: on credit <transacting business on the cuff>

Origin of CUFF

Middle English coffe, cuffe mitten

First Known Use: 1522

Other Clothing Terms

babushka, brogue, bumbershoot, cravat, dishabille, furbelow, layette, raiment, spectator

Rhymes with CUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

²cuff

transitive verb

Definition of CUFF

1

: to furnish with a cuff

2

: handcuff

First Known Use of CUFF

1693

Other Clothing Terms

babushka, brogue, bumbershoot, cravat, dishabille, furbelow, layette, raiment, spectator

³cuff

verb

Definition of CUFF

transitive verb

: to strike especially with or as if with the palm of the hand : buffet

intransitive verb

: fight, scuffle

Origin of CUFF

perhaps from obsolete English, glove, from Middle English

First Known Use: 1530

⁴cuff

noun

Definition of CUFF

: a blow with the hand especially when open : slap

First Known Use of CUFF

1570

cuff

noun \ˈkəf\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of CUFF

1

: an inflatable band that is wrapped around an extremity to control the flow of blood through the part when recording blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer

2

: an anatomical structure shaped like a cuff; especially : rotator cuff <repair of complete shoulder cuff avulsion—Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology>